Centrica Share Discussion Threads

[jeannettetigger] 27/5/2019 11:37

Hard luck DD look's like you are on you're own, keep posting though you might even believe yourself.

[nortic 007] 27/5/2019 11:29

Had to subscribe for that article. You owe me £8 Dave. I'm guessing the £8 plus a ray of hope was the dealbreaker for printing that out !!!!Off to the cinema now. I'll leave you to him.

[florenceorbis] 27/5/2019 11:27

OLIVER SHAH
May 26 2019, 12:01am, The Sunday Times
Who might be bold enough to buy Centrica?

Oliver Shah

Two years before the financial crisis and a decade before Brexit, 2006 was a different time. When an apparatchik at Gazprom said an acquisition of Centrica was “being analysed and examined” by the Russian state energy giant — sending the British Gas owner’s shares 25% higher — Tony Blair’s government indicated that it would not stand in the way. With a glibness redolent of the era, then trade and industry secretary Alan Johnson remarked: “Whatever the difficulties and challenges of globalisation, the answers will not be found in the stagnant waters of protectionism.”

Come on over, comrades.

A takeover of Britain’s former energy monopoly by the Russians or Chinese would be unthinkable today — but would a takeover in itself be out of the question?

[jeannettetigger] 27/5/2019 11:23

Confirmation bias, can you get treatment for that!.

[nortic 007] 27/5/2019 11:23

Who might be bold enough to buy Centrica?http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/f369bd0a-7f07-11e9-a6f6-79962f69dbc6

[nortic 007] 27/5/2019 11:20

Funny how DD didn't dig up the Sunday Times article!!!????

[discodave4] 27/5/2019 11:18

Think you are suffering from confirmation bias.As I've said before, I'm just posting up news that's out there, positive or negative.

[jeannettetigger] 27/5/2019 11:17

Come on DD let's have a negative post!!

[discodave4] 27/5/2019 11:17

No problem.Have to take the numbers in the article with a pinch of salt, it was based on research by a competitor and the CMA threshold from 3 years ago. The price difference for BG also doesn't add up, one minute they say £222 overcharge, then £285 but the difference on the prices they give is £276. Think they mean the price difference is £276 less £63 is an overcharge of £213.Also, the reason BG has the greatest cost difference is that it offers the cheaper normal tariff.Does anyone know what the current CMA rules are?, allowing for inflation I'm guessing it's more like £69 difference now between cheaper tariff and prepay, but that's still a big chunk of income that Ofgem/CMA may now be honing in on (it's in a few press articles today).

[nortic 007] 27/5/2019 11:13

Don't get him started please !!!

[jeannettetigger] 27/5/2019 11:07

Turvart, have you noticed post's made by DD are anti Centrica, it is obvious he has an agenda.

[turvart] 27/5/2019 10:58

I am a better welder than Martin Lewis my cousin, but he says I ain't! Lol and he seems to think he can weld better than me! Lol

[turvart] 27/5/2019 10:54

Martin Lewis is my cousin and he's a really good welder but finances are his thing.

[florenceorbis] 27/5/2019 10:53

cheers DD4

[turvart] 27/5/2019 10:50

DD,
So what? A lot of people probably over 70% are not hell bent on trying to save money and just accept the charges and maybe have a bit of a moan to their spouse and keep on paying it! Not everyone are going on Money saving expert and trying to alter their bills, so that comment of yours is rather dense!

[discodave4] 27/5/2019 10:21

"According to the company, 760,000 British Gas prepay customers are paying £222 more a year than they need and 320,000 Npower prepay homes pay £160 more than required. Eon prepay customers pay £51 a year more than they need."Https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/vulnerable-households-overpaying-energy-250m-230100544.html

[turvart] 26/5/2019 22:51

Just watching crimson tide, feel like I’ve bought into CNA watching this film being under water.

[jpjohn1] 26/5/2019 20:27

Yes, nice town. Was famous years ago for making blankets. Unfortunately we had David Cameron has our MP. His house backs onto my brothers land

[sarkasm] 26/5/2019 20:17

i know witney

all about blankets if i remember correctly

[jpjohn1] 26/5/2019 20:07

Sorry I don't know where Siddington is . I was around Woodstock - Witney area

[sarkasm] 26/5/2019 20:04

i guess not much more tobe said until the end of july


07/30/19 Interim 2019 Earnings Release

[sarkasm] 26/5/2019 20:00

Grupo GuitarLumber
26 May '19 - 18:06 - 19170 of 19192
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jpjohn1
26 May '19 - 18:00 - 19169 of 19169

HOW FAR AWAY FROM TROWBRIDGE AND BARTON STACEY NEAR ANDOVER

jpjohn you were lucky

i had the pleasure to move to the smoke, then smog when i was 4 years old or was it 5

spent my school holidays in the cotswolds, siddington, allchanged now

enjoy your weekend

[sarkasm] 26/5/2019 19:59

OLIVER SHAH
May 26 2019, 12:01am, The Sunday Times
Who might be bold enough to buy Centrica?

Oliver Shah

Two years before the financial crisis and a decade before Brexit, 2006 was a different time. When an apparatchik at Gazprom said an acquisition of Centrica was “being analysed and examined” by the Russian state energy giant — sending the British Gas owner’s shares 25% higher — Tony Blair’s government indicated that it would not stand in the way. With a glibness redolent of the era, then trade and industry secretary Alan Johnson remarked: “Whatever the difficulties and challenges of globalisation, the answers will not be found in the stagnant waters of protectionism.”;

Come on over, comrades.

A takeover of Britain’s former energy monopoly by the Russians or Chinese would be unthinkable today — but would a takeover in itself be out of the question?

[jpjohn1] 26/5/2019 19:48

Sorry Grupo, just looked back , still could not see the question you asked me ?